Fwd: Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Released as Proposed Recommendation

by Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg(at)idyllmtn.com>

 Date:  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 16:24:53 -0700
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>From: Judy Brewer <jbrewer(at)w3.org>
>Subject: Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines Released as Proposed   Recommendation
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>Dear WAI Interest Group Member:
>
>We are pleased to announce that W3C released the Authoring Tool
>Accessibility Guidelines as a Proposed Recommendation today, October 26,
>1999. The document will undergo review by W3C Member organizations through
>Tuesday, November 23, 1999. The W3C Director's decision as to the
>disposition of the proposal will be made within several weeks following the
>close of the review period.
>
>The Proposed Recommendation document is at
>http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/PR-WAI-AUTOOLS-19991026 . 
>
>As a quick reference to the checkpoints defined in the Guidelines, please
>note also the appendix checklist, available in two formats:
>      http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/PR-WAI-AUTOOLS-19991026/checkpoint-table
>      http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/PR-WAI-AUTOOLS-19991026/checkpoint-list
>
>There is also a Techniques reference document available at
>http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WD-WAI-AUTOOLS-TECHS-19991026 which will become a
>W3C Note when it is finalized. The Working Group welcomes additional input
>into the Techniques document during the coming several weeks.
>
>A hearty "thank you" to the Authoring Tool Guidelines Working Group,
>including the Chair, Jutta Treviranus, and the WAI staff contact, Charles
>McCathieNevile, who have been working long & hard on this document and who
>responded to the many comments that came in during last call. A list of
>comments received and changes made by the Working Group during last call is
>available from the Authoring Tool Guidelines Working Group home page at
>http://www.w3.org/WAI/AU . Thanks also to those of you on this list who
>commented on the last call draft. 
>
>Regards,
>
>Judy
>
>
>_________________________________________________________________________
>Judy Brewer    jbrewer(at)w3.org    +1.617.258.9741    http://www.w3.org/WAI
>Director,Web Accessibility Initiative(WAI), World Wide Web Consortium(W3C)
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Kynn Bartlett                                    mailto:kynn(at)hwg.org
President, HTML Writers Guild                    http://www.hwg.org/
AWARE Center Director                          http://aware.hwg.org/

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